No one from Altenach is on the famous people list yet
Altkirch, 6 mi off, can claim 26 famous people, the best known Hugo Hofstetter. 118 towns across Haut-Rhin can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Haut-Rhin belongs to Mulhouse, with 304. After Mulhouse, the next longest list in Haut-Rhin is Colmar’s, with 194.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Altenach (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Altenach yet.
Famous people born near Altenach
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Altenach
Who counts as from Altenach?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Altenach itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Koszul: Alphonse Colas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Lang: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.